Join the Fun!
A Reception will be held in the Marriott East Courtyard from 4:00
– 5:00 on Thursday afternoon.
Then you can head downtown to enjoy the “Indiana Experience”
at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center from 5:30
– 7:00 PM. Admission is free, but limited tickets are available.
Pick up your ticket at the Registration table.

All attendees and participants are aware they may be photographed
and their images may appear in future editions of the ICE Newsletter
and the ICE website. Agreement with this policy is assumed unless
notification is provided to the ICE Communications Chair.

Welcome to
ICE 2010

Innovate,
Collaborate,
Educate
Welcome to the 2010 ICE Conference. This year’s slogan,
Innovate, Collaborate, Educate effectively sums up the new
challenges we face as educators; seeking to inspire our students
with innovative and meaningful curriculum, and working effectively
with other educators and classrooms as we use technology to reach
beyond traditional school boundaries.
We are especially fortunate to have two outstanding keynote
sessions this year. On October 14, Hall Davidson from Discovery
Education will be the luncheon keynote speaker, and on October 15,
Candice Dodson and Jason Bailey of the Evansville Vanderburgh
School Corporation will speak. You will find both of these sessions
interesting and inspirational. We also have several great workshops
and concurrent sessions over the two days of the conference that
will make your ICE experience both informative and worthwhile. The
ICE Board and Conference Committee have worked especially hard
this year to provide the best opportunities for you to network,
interact, and further develop your skills in integrating technology into
your curriculum.
This is no doubt that this a challenging time for educators.
Continual budget cuts, reductions-in-force, and increasing class
sizes are difficult for all of us to deal with. However, this is also an
exciting time to be in the education profession. The ICE Conference
offers us great opportunities to participate in sessions and
workshops that help us meet those challenges more effectively, as
well as a chance to see the latest innovations in learning with
technology. It’s a rare instance where we can do all this in one
location, and the ICE Conference gives us that chance.

Kathleen James
Ferdinand Elementary School
Southeast Dubois County Schools
Ferdinand, IN
Kathy James was first introduced to educational technology during college, when
she used computers to write simple programs and learned about the amazing
potential of technology to enhance the learning experience. At this time, classroom
technology was still in its infancy, but when she was hired as a second grade
teacher at Ferdinand Elementary School in 1985, Ms. James was eager to make
use of everything that was available to her and her students. In her classes, she
has used everything from math drill software and banner design programs to CDROMs, audio books, and eventually netbook computers. Always the first to find
and implement new technologies, she has truly become an innovative leader in
her school, and other teachers look to her for advice, support, and guidance.
Today, students in Ms. James’ classes learn to see the computer not as a toy, but
as a tool. As a recent recipient of an Indiana Department of Education Second
Grade Laptop Grant, she has had the opportunity to truly integrate this tool into
what students do each and every day in her classroom. As she states, “today, my
students carry laptops to school each day in their backpacks. They see the laptop
as a tool to help them read, write, explore, and share their knowledge. The laptop
is an important tool to help them with their learning, just as a pencil is used to write
thoughts in a notebook. My teaching has changed from students fearing or not
knowing anything about computers to seeing them as another modality for
learning. Computers are used to read and listen to stories, to write original pieces,
to research and learn about new topics, to design art projects, listen to music, and
to design photo projects to demonstrate understanding of concepts.”
One example of such a creative project is the Coffee House Poetry Project, an
activity involving both the students and their parents in recreating the feel of a
classic coffee house “poetry jam.” Students used their laptops to read and
research poetry as a form of a literature, design artwork for their own original
works, and take pictures that were used as the a video backdrop while each
student read his or her poem during the big Coffee House Poetry day. Parents and
other teachers helped decorate the classroom and sat in to listen to the students’
fabulous works, and the day was greatly enjoyed by all. Through this project,
students were able to learn not just about poetry, but also about public speaking,
art, design, writing, editing, research, and publishing. Technology made the
experience that much easier, more exciting, and environmentally conscious.
So, what new technology will help Ms. James and her students with their next
class project? Only time will tell, but they are definitely ready for the challenge and
the rewards!

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2010 ICE Technology Education
Advocate of the Year

Cathy Stephen
Superintendent (2001-2010)
Randolph Eastern School Corp.
Union City, IN
Cathy Stephen believes that technology is a great deal more than computer labs and
classes.Throughout her term as superintendent of Randolph Eastern School
Corporation (RESC), she worked with the teachers and staff to be sure that students
had access to technology that would enhance their critical thinking and information
literacy skills, including creating policies regarding mobile devices that ensured that
access “graduated” with the students’ ability to handle information. By high school,
students were encouraged to use their cell phones and personal devices within
appropriate contexts in the classroom, and that latest RESC technology plan includes
providing netbook computers instead of printed textbooks to all appropriate classes.
Along the way, of course, teachers were provided with the support and professional
development to help technology integration go smoothly.
In particular, the past two years have been very exciting for RESC, as Ms. Stephen
helped lead the charge for her district to become the first school corporation in the
United States to develop a community wind project. This project, sponsored in part by
a grant, allowed teachers to develop a K-12 and dual-college credit wind energy
curriculum, and incorporated the use of wind turbines and solar panels for classroom
study and use. Through Ms. Stephen’s leadership, several major partners helped
teachers develop and fund the project, including Ball Brothers Foundation and
American Electric Power and Performance Services. The students were able to use
the turbine and solar panels to gather and extrapolate data to measure the
effectiveness of these types of alternative energy.
“What started as a teacher’s dream ended up being our community’s claim to fame,”
Ms. Stephen said of the venture. “With the help of Performance Services, we now
have two 1 MW wind turbines, one owned by the city, the other the school. We are
providers of wind energy; sell the energy on the market as well as our renewable
energy credits. Each turbine is expected to generate in excess of 2.4 million KWh
annually, equivalent to powering 250 homes in a single year. Each displaces 172.4
tons of carbon dioxide, which contributes to global warming, and they use no water to
create energy. Over the life of the turbine, the school and the city expect to generate
$3 million after paying for the turbines and their installation.”
RESC also recently became a beta testing site for a hybrid-electric conversion of a
school bus. The district has received statewide and national attention due to these
green, forward-thinking initiatives, and has even received visits from Senator Richard
Lugar and State Superintendents of Public Instruction, Suellen Reed and Tony
Bennett. “So,” as Ms. Stephen said, “for Randolph Eastern, technology is not just a
computer to be used in the classroom. It is a way of life of developing new ideas,
doing the right thing for our environment and giving students the skills that will be
needed in the alternative energy world. I am very proud to have been able to gather
the people together who had the innovative ideas, to have had a supportive school
board, who told me to get out of their way and make it happen.”

2010 ICE Keynote Speaker
Thursday, October 14
Grand Ballroom Luncheon

2010 ICE Keynote Speakers
Friday, October 15
Grand Ballroom Luncheon

Hall Davidson

Candice Dodson
Jason Bailey

Discovery Education

Evansville Vanderburgh
School Corporation
Hall Davidson began teaching in 1971. He taught middle and high school English,
mathematics, Spanish, and bilingual mathematics. He has been on the faculty of
two colleges teaching technology for teacher credential candidates. He left the
classroom to teach math on television in Los Angeles on an Emmy-winning
program and spent 20 years at Los Angeles area PBS stations teaching, leading
staff development, championing content creation by students and teachers, and
ultimately producing television series on education, technology, parenting, and live
theater. He frequently contributes articles to national education publications and
co-authored TechWorks, an internationally distributed classroom technology kit
and with a team founded Kitzu.org, a resource of free online kits to encourage
project-based learning with media. He was elected to the board of ComputerUsing Educators where he served for six years.
For a dozen years he coordinated the nation’s oldest student media festival, the
California Student Media Festival and has reviewed over a thousand student
projects. He has keynoted major technology conferences and consulted for
professional organizations and corporations and been on advisory boards and
committees for organizations as diverse as the Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences and the California School Library Association. He has two children who
attended Los Angeles public schools, one of whom is now at the University of
California. He was twice re-elected as site chairperson at the local elementary
school where the categorical budget required his signature.
He joined Discovery Education in 2005 where he blogs, creates webinars, and
works in educational partnerships and Global Learning Initiatives as a director of
the Discovery Educator Network. He has spoken about technology and education
to audiences around the world.
Featured Workshops Presented by Hall Davidson

Candice Dodson and Jason Bailey are an integral part of the Evansville Vanderburgh
School Corporation’s (EVSC) work to engage students through the use of technology.
The EVSC, located in southern Indiana, recently adopted a 1:1 initiative that put a
netbook in the hands of each of the corporation’s 7,500 high school students.
Jason has been a teacher, technology specialist, district administrator and currently
serves as director of eLearning and instructional technology. In this position, and as a
member of the district academic team, he has had the opportunity to help drive the
district's commitment to teaching and learning with technology. Through collaboration
with the Office of Technology, Jason has been involved in the implementation of
netbooks, direction of the eLearning coaches and adoption of the ANGEL learning
management system. Jason is a former Integrating Curriculum and Technology
Specialist (iCATS) for the district, where he developed and maintained educational
web portals that have become the homepages for students, teachers and
administrators.
Candice, also a former teacher and iCATS for the EVSC, currently serves as director
of core experiences and student programs. She is developing and implementing a
corporation-wide program of opportunities that all students in the EVSC will
experience before they graduate, which would complement traditional academic
instruction. She also is working to transform instruction focusing on 21st century
learning skills – preparing students for the world outside their classroom doors. As an
iCATS, Candice also designed and implemented numerous district projects such as
the Pod Academy, and an Admin Academy that developed technology leadership
among building administrators.
Both Jason and Candice were a part of a team of individuals that conceived the
EVSC’s Learning Leadership Cadre, an innovative program in partnership with Brown
University, which fosters learning focused leadership. They have also collaborated to
win nearly $2 million in grant funds that support technology integration, and have
presented professional development sessions at local, state, and national
conferences.

Workshops are offered at no additional cost; however, advance
registration for workshops is required. Initial registration for all
workshops was offered at the time of conference registration. Many
workshops are completely filled and have a waiting list. if you would
like to register for an unfilled workshop, please contact the
Registration Desk as early as possible.

Perfect Podcasting on PCs (Part 1 of 2)
Podcasting is a wonderful and fun way to connect technology to literacy. The best
part is its easy to do and you don’t need a Mac to do it! Everything you need is on
a Windows PC. In these workshops, you will learn what a podcast is, how to find,
view, and listen to podcasts, how podcasting is relevant in the classroom, how to
post your podcast, and how to use FREE software tools to create all types of
podcasts (audio, enhanced, video). Whether you want to create a podcast on
your own or have the product be student created, you’ll want to attend.
Presenter: Nate Davidson, MSD Wayne Township
nathan.davidson@wayne.k12.in.us
Location: Salon A; Hands-on Windows Lab
Seating: Limited seats available

Everything You Need to Know about Using Your New Flip
Camera and Software!
If you signed up for workshops on both conference days, you get a FREE FLIP
CAMERA! If you sign up for this workshop, you'll know how to use it before you
leave! That's right! THIS WORKSHOP TEACHES YOU HOW TO USE IT and the
INCLUDED EDITING SOFTWARE so you can be creating great videos and still
pictures…NOW! And, we will give you some great ideas for using it in your
classroom. So don't delay, and sign up for both conference days to get your FREE
Flip Camera!
Presenters: Brian Strater, Noblesville High School; Dennis Scheele
brian_strater@nobl.k12.in.us
Location: Salon C; Hands on
Seating: No seats available

Web 2.0's Next Wave: Making Fun New Web-Based Tools Work
for You and Your Students
Explore the many exciting tools available for students and educators to publish
their creative ideas with free, user-friendly tools available on the Web today! As
the Web 2.0 movement continues to grow and evolve, the tools it brings are
changing, too, and the new Web 2.0 landscape is full of exciting and sophisticated
tools just waiting for you to explore. And the best part is, you don't have to know
anything about high-end editing software like Flash or Dreamweaver to create
beautiful online lessons, digital stories, WebQuests, and more! This workshop will
give you a guided tour of some of the most exciting and useful tools available
today, including Wix.com, Google Sites, Doodlekit.com, Jotform.com, Prezi.com,
and Glogster.com. Only basic Web navigation skills are required for this
workshop, and if you choose to bring your own laptop, the latest Flash Player
plugin from Adobe.com is highly recommended. In addition, you may wish to
download and install the Mozilla FireFox browser (Mozilla.com) as well.
Presenter: Anastasia Trekles, PU Calumet
atrekles@purdue.edu
Location: Salon D; Bring your own laptop
Seating: Limited seats available

Best of the Best Web 2.0 Tools for 2010
New to the world of Web 2.0? Been using some Web 2.0 tools like blogs and
wikis in your classroom? Looking for easy-to-use knowledge creation tools? Want
your students to create personal learning networks? Looking for a way to easily
share resources with parents? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then
this face-to-face “webinar” is for you!
Learn about multimedia choices for creating movies and cartoons. Gather ideas
for using Twitter, VoiceThreads, and ToonDoo. Leave with curriculum based ideas
and tips for integrating these tools into your classroom including numerous
project-based learning ideas, assessments, tips, and critical thinking skill builders.
Presenter: Joanne Troutner, Creative Computer Enterprises
troutner@mindspring.com
Location: Salon E; Demonstration (Not Hands-on)
Seating: Limited seats available

Indiana Computer Educators’
Mission Statement
ICE will assist the education
community to promote learning
through the appropriate use
of technology.

Integrating iPods and iPads into the K-12 Curriculum
In this hands on workshop participants will work with the Apple iPod Touch and the
iPad to learn how these two powerful tools are being integrated into the K-12
classroom.
Presenter: Morrie Reece, Apple Computer
reece@apple.com
Location: Salon B; Hands on Mac Lab
Seating: No seats available

Staggeringly Good Things Mixing Google Earth and Media
A basic overview of strategies and skill for making Google Earth and media an
organized part of your curriculum. From the Internet or your own hard drive, use
media resources to create fantastic trips through neighborhoods, history, science
or literature. Insert student images into the landscape. Learn to access other
great files from the Internet for your own clas. Create shareable projects. Use the
Ruler Tool to measure and compare. Use layers to track trends, patterns, in
unsuspected ways. Then go to the next level with Google Earth: building projects
with image overlays and placemarks. Embed the landscape with videos, images,
sounds, podcasts, and live webcams from around the world. Students can create
description boxes with pictures, sound links, and embedded video. Have graphics
float about the earth! Let students build flying tours along historical routes with
markers and media. Projects go deep by putting books, history, or imaginative
journeys onto their actual environment Learn how cut and pasting takes the
mystery out of HTML and opens a new world to engage students. Cost of Google
Earth: Free!
Presenter: Hall Davidson, Discovery Education
hall.davidson@discovery.com
Location: Salon E; Demonstration (Not Hands-on)
Seating: Limited seats available

Everything You Need to Know about Using Your New Flip
Camera and Software! (repeated workshop)
If you signed up for workshops on both conference days, you get a FREE FLIP
CAMERA! If you sign up for this workshop, you'll know how to use it before you
leave! That's right! THIS WORKSHOP TEACHES YOU HOW TO USE IT and the
INCLUDED EDITING SOFTWARE so you can be creating great videos and still
pictures…NOW! And, we will give you some great ideas for using it in your
classroom. So don't delay, and sign up for both conference days to get your FREE
Flip Camera!
Presenters: Brian Strater, Noblesville High School; Dennis Scheele
brian_strater@nobl.k12.in.us
Location: Salon C; Hands on
Seating: Limited seats available

Beyond the Bus Stop and After the Bell: Extending Your
Classroom using Blogs and Podcasts
In a world that is increasingly digital, global and individualized, it is important that
we find opportunities to make our teaching reflect the ways which our students
learn and interact with the world. Blogging and podcasting are two communication
tools that can raise engagement, connect your classroom to the world, and extend
your reach beyond the daily 50 minutes. In this hands-on workshop, teachers will
learn how to create a classroom blog using blogger.com and how to create
podcasts using GarageBand.
Presenters: Timothy Wilhelmus, Benjamin Bosse High School - Evansville;
Jerrad Gleim
timothy.wilhelmus@evsc.k12.in.us
Location: Salon D; Hands-on Bring your own Mac laptop
Seating: Limited seats available

Join the Excitement!
Conference attendees are allowed one ticket for each visit to
the Exhibit Hall. An entry ticket for a drawing can be obtained
in the back of the exhibit area from one of our fabulous
volunteers. At the end of each day, we will have a drawing for
a great prize. You must be in attendance to win. The drawing
times in the exhibit area are as follows:
Thursday – 3:45pm
Friday – 2:45pm
Good Luck!

Web 2.0's Next Wave: Making Fun New Web-Based Tools Work
for You and Your Students (repeat)
Explore the many exciting tools available for students and educators to publish
their creative ideas with free, user-friendly tools available on the Web today! As
the Web 2.0 movement continues to grow and evolve, the tools it brings are
changing, too, and the new Web 2.0 landscape is full of exciting and sophisticated
tools just waiting for you to explore. And the best part is, you don't have to know
anything about high-end editing software like Flash or Dreamweaver to create
beautiful online lessons, digital stories, WebQuests, and more! This workshop will
give you a guided tour of some of the most exciting and useful tools available
today, including Wix.com, Google Sites, Doodlekit.com, Jotform.com, Prezi.com,
and Glogster.com. Only basic Web navigation skills are required for this workshop,
and if you choose to bring your own laptop, the latest Flash Player plugin from
Adobe.com is highly recommended. In addition, you may wish to download and
install the Mozilla FireFox browser (Mozilla.com) as well.
Presenter: Anastasia Trekles, PU Calumet
atrekles@purdue.edu
Location: Salon A; Hands-on Windows Lab
Seating: No seats available

Exploring Free Online Resources for Teaching Across the
Curriculum
Teachers at all levels will appreciate this workshop where they can explore a wide
variety of free websites that can help them as they teach across the curriculum
areas to students at a variety of levels. Many online resources that provide
engagement, differentiation, and universal access in the teaching of science,
math, social studies, English and reading will be shown. The emphasis will be on
allowing participants to have time for hands-on, guided exploration of a variety of
websites and internet resources that can enhance their ability to deal with today's
diverse classrooms.
Presenter: Tina Jones, PATINS Project; Sandy Stabenfeldt
tinajones@maessu.org
Location: Salon D; Hands-on bring own laptop
Seating: No seats available

Using Web 2.0 Tools for Differentiating Instruction in Middle
and High Schools
Participants in this fun and interactive workshop will walk away with ready-to-use
resources for immediate application in how to use Web 2.0 tools to differentiate
curriculum, instruction and assessment. Participants will learn a manageable
process for determining when to differentiate and when to provide students with
choices within boundaries, or when to offer one of the two types of controlled
variety. An emphasis will also be placed on using the Web 2.0 tools to infuse 21st
Century skill sets while differentiating curriculum, instruction and/or assessment.
Presenter: Rita Brodnax, North Boone Schools
ritabrodn@aol.com
Location: Salon E; Demonstration (Not Hands-on)
Seating: Limited seats available

Integrating iPods and iPads into the K-12 Curriculum (repeat)
In this hands on workshop participants will work with the Apple iPod Touch and the
iPad to learn how these two powerful tools are being integrated into the K-12
classroom.
Presenter: Morrie Reece, Apple Computer
reece@apple.com
Location: Salon B; Hands on Mac Lab
Seating: No seats available

Web 2.0 - 21st Century Teaching and Learning Tools
Web 2.0 is interactive. Using web 2.0 tools changes the roles of teachers and
learners from consumers to creators. No longer limited to consuming (searching
and browsing information created by others), users can now create and publish
their own content on the World Wide Web. The 20th century World Wide Web is
to Web 2.0 as eating is to cooking, reading is to writing, watching is to
participating. The objective of this workshop is to describe, explore, and use
various Web 2.0 tools including: Applications 2.0, Blogs, Wikis, Media Sharing,
Social Bookmarks, Social Networks. Internet safety is an important issue. This
workshop will include resources for teaching students to protect themselves from
inappropriate contact, content, and conduct.
Presenter: Chris Franklin, The ETC Group
rcfranklin@indy.rr.com
Location: Salon C; Bring your own laptop
Seating: No seats available

Join the Fun!
A Reception will be held in the Marriott East Courtyard from
4:00 – 5:00 on Thursday afternoon.
Then you can head downtown to enjoy the “Indiana
Experience” at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History
Center from 5:30 – 7:00 PM. Admission is free, but limited
tickets are available. Pick up your ticket at the Registration
table.

Begin integrating the iPad into the K-12 Curriculum, with special emphasis with
ELL students: In this hands on workshop participants will work with the Apple iPad
to learn how this powerful tool is being integrated in the classroom.
Presenter: Nicole Seal, Center Grove Middle School
sealn@centergrove.k12.in.us
Location: Salon D; Hands-on, bring own equipment
Seating: Limited seats available

Faster, Better, Shorter, Deeper: Editing and Capturing Video

The <Digital> Raven
During this combination presentation/workshop session, attendees will enter into a
mock English classroom about to study "The Raven," a poem by Edgar Allan Poe
which often appears in both introductory literature and upper-level American
literature classes. Attendees will get a hands-on, behind-the-scenes look at
digitizing lessons using the SMARTBoard, Notebook software, and other web
tools. Lessons with poetry trailers, interactive bellringers, active and visual
analysis of the text, animation, digital webbing, review games, and more,
encourage students to become engaged with the text, not bored with it. Workshop
time includes small group sessions for digitizing a favorite lesson. Attendees are
encouraged to bring a flash drive and laptops pre-loaded with the Notebook
software. All attendees will receive a digital copy of resources presented during
the mock lesson, ready to adapt for their own digital learners.
Presenter: Missy Feller, Benjamin Bosse High School - Evansville
missy.feller@evsc.k12.in.us
Location: Salon A; Bring your own laptop
Seating: Limited seats available

Digital Storytelling with iMovie

Meet the needs of 21st Century digital learners. Begin with curriculum-based
resources then tailor them for your class. Customize videos by shortening or
blending them. Add narrations, stills, music, or other media sources. Make and
take from Web 2.0 videos. Move into presentations. Insert students inside videos
with Chromakey. Unlock the hidden power of QuickTime Pro (Mac or PC). Learn
the power of screen captures, building tutors, or capturing Web 2.0 sites. Learn
about great screen capture programs. Most free, some fee, all fun. Step by step
walks through great tools. Target engagement with mind-grabbing resources.
Presenter: Hall Davidson, Discovery Education
hall.davidson@discovery.com
Location: Salon E; Demonstration (Not Hands-on)
Seating: Limited seats available

Workshops are offered at no additional cost; however, advanced
registration for workshops is required. Initial registration for all
workshops was offered at the time of conference registration. Many
workshops are completely filled and have a waiting list. if you would
like to register for an unfilled workshop, please contact the
Registration Desk as early as possible.

Web 2.0 is interactive. Using web 2.0 tools changes the roles of teachers and
learners from consumers to creators. No longer limited to consuming (searching
and browsing information created by others), users can now create and publish
their own content on the World Wide Web. The 20th century World Wide Web is
to Web 2.0 as eating is to cooking, reading is to writing, watching is to
participating. The objective of this workshop is to describe, explore, and use
various Web 2.0 tools including: Applications 2.0, Blogs, Wikis, Media Sharing,
Social Bookmarks, Social Networks. Internet safety is an important issue. This
workshop will include resources for teaching students to protect themselves from
inappropriate contact, content, and conduct.
Presenter: Chris Franklin, The ETC Group
rcfranklin@indy.rr.com
Location: Salon C; Bring your own laptop
Seating: Limited seats available

Assessments: The Foundation For A Response To
Intervention Model
Response To Intervention is gaining acceptance as an effective collaboration
between special and general education. Learn how three types of reading
assessments can be used within a tiered RTI model to make instructional decisions
for struggling readers.
Presenter: James Cline, Read Naturally
Location: Salon 2

Teaching Simple Machines Using LEGO
Imagine It! Build it! Teach it! Learn how to teach force and motion, pulleys,
wheels and axles, gears, and energy using the set and its accompanying
teacher materials! The workshop session will be a hands-on lesson taken from
the Simple and Motorized Mechanisms curriculum focusing on gears.
Presenter: Ivery Toussant, Junior LEGO Education
Location: Salon 3

21st Century Education Transformation From Jukebox to
iPod:Time To Reinvent!
Enjoy a journey filled with information on 21st Century Education, Project Based
Learning, and STEM ideas! Educators don't need to replace valuable lessons,
but instead should used technology to reinvent activities they have always
done! Attend an engaging session promoting a reflective look at new
possibilities for educators.
Presenter: Michael Gorman, Southwest Allen County Schools
Location: Salon 6

Connecting to the Indiana Department of Education
Join IDOE staff to learn about current and upcoming initiatives sponsored by the
department including the Learning Connection, grant programs, digital content,
and the 21st Century Learning Lab.
Presenter: John Keller, Indiana Department of Education
Location: Salon 7

Google: Much More Than Just Search - Explore the World of
Google Apps for Education and other Google tools that can transform
classrooms and schools
Dive into the great world of Google with an experienced Google Certified
Teacher. Learn about Google Apps for Education, free and secure tools that
are offered to K-12 and higher ed. Learn about other Google tips and tricks!
Save money, engage students, and take learning to new heights.
Presenter: Chris Atkinson, Carmel Clay Schools
Location: Salon 8

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Thursday, October 14
Concurrent Sessions II

10:00 – 10:45 AM

Bringing the NETS Home
Taking the NETS into our actual school buildings can be daunting! Using the
alignment of the NETS-T to the Brebeuf Grad @ Grad framework, this
presentation will examine the alignment process as well as tools, assignments
and challenges/successes experienced during the process.
Presenter: Jen LaMaster, Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School
Location: Salon 2

Changing to Learn: Creating a 21st Century Professional
Learning Community in Your School
How do we prepare our students for an ever-changing world? What skills do
students need to have to be successful in a global environment? In this
session, learn how to incorporate 21st Century Learning Skills into your school
and create a Professional Learning Community. Presenters Jon Carl, Carol
Pigman, and Tim Wilhelmus, all eLearning Coaches in the EVSC, will share
their journey as they began this process.
Presenter: Carol Pigman, Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation
Location: Salon 3

Tips for Integrating Web 2.0 Tools
Learn how advanced 8th grade language arts students integrated Web 2.0 tools
while completing a simulation called Music Tour USA. Using Google Sites,
Docs, Maps and Calendars as well as Animoto and TimeToast, students built
web sites displaying documentation to support requests for potential funding
and presented requests to community judges.
Presenter: Karen Ault, Brownstown Central Community Schools
Location: Salon 6

“The Times They Are a-Changin'." " Really?”
Opposing forces are at work within our classrooms. Textbooks against the
Internet. Rhetoric against conversation. Isolation against collaboration. Tradition
against innovation. Are we yet at a tipping point? This session is a conversation
about innovations in pedagogy and learning environments--from ideas about all
digital curriculum to new ways of collaboration between teachers and learners.
Presenter: Yancy Unger, Indiana Department of Education
Location: Salon 7

The paper load increases as class sizes increase. One way to manage the
paperwork is to use the online writing program Criterion. Students are given
immediate feedback on their writing and will work on revising their writings. See
how effective this program can be in the language arts classroom.
Presenter: Margaret Hollies, Carmel Clay Schools
Location: Salon 2

Computer Science Concepts for Kids
Come experience a series of activities that take basic computer science
concepts and puts them on a level that anyone understand. The activities teach
concepts such as programming, algorithms, problem-solving and much more
through kinesthetic learning activities. Activities can be incorporated into
subjects such as mathematics, language arts, and science.
Presenter: Mindy Hart, Purdue University
Location: Salon 3

Ways to "Flock" Safely to Web 2.0 Tools in Your Classroom?
Students need to be able to make it, share it, find it, solve it, protect it and use
it. The “it” is information technology. Students are no longer “digitally shut down”
when they enter the school. More then just email, Gaggle.Net includes studentfocused Web 2.0 tools in a safe environment.
Presenter: Cindy Cash, South Adams Schools
Location: Salon 7

Data: Using Technological to Facilitate Instructional
Excellence
The workshop will introduce participants to an administrative package written by
Peru Community Schools that has helped them automate NWEA, ISTEP, and
formative assessment data, along with many other pieces of information into an
easy to use sytem of data snapshot reports. It also pre-fills RtI forms and other
corporation mandated forms making the analysis and reporting of data easy for
teachers and administrative staff members to use.
Presenter: David Thompson, Peru Community School Corporation
Location: Salon 8

"Sane" and Successful K-12 Differentiated Instruction for 21st
Century Skill Sets
This fun and interactive session will demonstrate a “sane” and successful process
for differentiating K-12 instruction to teach the 21st Century skill sets of: high
productivity, cultural literacy, critical thinking, and collaboration. In addition,
participants will walk away with resources for immediate application, including
technology tools to enhance teaching and learning.
Presenter: Rita Brodnax, North Boone Community Schools
Location: Salon 3

Ditching the Textbook: Using Digital Curriculum in the Social
Studies Classroom
In 2009, social studies teachers at Lincoln High School, Vincennes, elected to
forego traditional textbook adoption and instead utilize a digital curriculum for
instruction on the high school level. Most of this curriculum centers around
technology assets available on most classroom computers. In this session, a
“veteran” teacher with 32 years experience and a newer teacher with two years in
the classroom will discuss how digital technology enhances and expands student
achievement. We’ll also discuss some of the challenges involved in using
technology instead of traditional textbooks.
Presenters: Michael Hutchison, Vincennes Community Schools; Elizabeth
Yoder
Location: Salon 6

Museum on the Web: Exploring Online Learning Resources
available at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
Explore, inquire, and learn how to use online learning resources available at The
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. Discover how to access valuable learning
materials and participate in a site where teachers can share student work,
dialogue about creating excellent student performance and interact with each
other and the museum in new ways.
Presenter: Rosemary Loftis, The Children's Museum of Indianpolis
Location: Salon 7

Education: There's An App For That!
Apple iPods are quickly becoming a standard in the world of education. This
session will explore uses for the apps that are standard on the iPod as well as
free and cheap apps that are available for use in the classroom. All of the apps
and ideas shared have been tested by elementary students and their teachers
and are ready for you to use in your own school and classroom.
Presenter: Helene Hunter-Blum, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
Location: Salon 8

Making Assessment FUN with Technology
Participants in this session will see how assessment with technology can be exciting
and engaging for students, while being effective and adding variety for teachers. The
presenters will show multiple websites and other technology features that will
enhance assessment for, of, and as learning.
Presenter: Colleen Sheehy, University of Indianapolis
Location: Salon 2

Word Warm-Ups, An RTI Intervention Tool

Discover web-based tools and new uses for familiar computer software to create
digital and print books for and with emergent readers and writers. Authors of
Inspiring Young Authors Year-Round will share writing patterns and teaching
strategies to enhance your language arts curriculum.
Presenter: Nancy Steffel, University of Indianapolis
Location: Salon 3

Attend this session and learn about a new Response To Intervention tool that can
increase phonemic awareness and phonics skills for third grade to adult
struggling readers. Word Warm-Ups by Read Naturally comes with a pre
assessment tool. The process can be used as a daily quick 10 minute center
activity for tier I students or a daily 20-30 minute intervention for tier 2 and 3
students. Lessons are accompanied with audio CDs, lists of words, and stories
for a variety of phonics patterns.
Presenter: James Cline, Read Naturally
Location: Salon 3

Around the Circle City.... and the Elementary School TV Studio!

Augmented Reality for Education – Letting Digital Leap to Life

Digital Bookmaking to Create Readers and Writers

Does your school have a TV studio? Do your students put on a school broadcast?
Have you used the studio to complete curricular activities? At this session learn how
our third graders at FCPA worked on Social Studies, Language Arts, Information
Literacy, and Technology standards as they completed an Inquiry Research Project
on local Indianapolis area landmarks and then created a live TV broadcast to share
what they have learned including anchors, headline reporters, and feature reporters
in front of a real green screen! This is an ideal demonstration of collaboration
between media specialist and teacher, inquiry learning, the integration of academic
and curricular standards, engaged real-world learning, 21st century relevance, and
the creative and novel use of technology that many schools already have available.
Presenter: Tammie Buchanan, Pike Township Schools
Location: Salon 6

21st Century Education and Technology Integration: No Cost
and Low Cost Investments with Rich Results for Student
Fasten your seatbelt as you take a short and fast paced trip through a world of
free and exciting resources! Discover engaging ways to connect with today's
digital learners. Address local, state, and national standards facilitating 21 st
Century skills. Walk away with hundreds of resources that you can use tomorrow.
Presenter: Michael Gorman, Southwest Allen County Schools
Location: Salon 7

What Google Is Doing For Schools
Google is revolutionizing learning in our schools. Tools like Google Docs, Search,
Gmail, and Youtube have taken collaboration into the 21st Century. Spend the hour
with three Google Certified Teachers discussing and sharing the advances Google
tools have made in the classroom. No experience with Google tools is needed.
Presenter: Jay Blackman, Brookwood Schools District 167
Location: Salon 8
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For some time, we have been outsiders looking into the digital world. Many have
become immersed into the digital world through avatars and virtual worlds like
Second Life. Augmented Reality allows the digital world to now become part of
our reality. See examples of the digital world leap out of the screen to life with
Google Earth, AR browsers, and even baseball cards.
Presenter: Shawn Mahoney, Seymour Community Schools
Location: Salon 6

You-tilizing YouTube in the Classroom: Safe, Secure, and Fun!
This session, led by a Google Trainer, will explore how YouTube can be
leveraged as a safe, innovative way to bring learning and content into the
classroom. Topics we’ll explore: creating your own YT channel, the importance of
tagging, creating online tutorials, and, of course, video content! Thinking about
blocking YouTube? Think again!
Presenter: Daniel Rezac, Northbrook/Glenview School District #30
Location: Salon 7

Ditching the Textbook: Using Digital Curriculum in the Social
Studies Classroom (repeat)
In 2009, social studies teachers at Lincoln High School, Vincennes, elected to
forego traditional textbook adoption and instead utilize a digital curriculum for
instruction on the high school level. Most of this curriculum centers around
technology assets available on most classroom computers. In this session, a
“veteran” teacher with 32 years experience and a newer teacher with two years in
the classroom will discuss how digital technology enhances and expands student
achievement. We’ll also discuss some of the challenges involved in using
technology instead of traditional textbooks.
Presenters: Michael Hutchison, Vincennes Community Schools; Elizabeth
Yoder
Location: Salon 8
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Friday, October 15
Concurrent Sessions III

1:00 – 1:45 PM

Technology Tools for the Music Classroom: Using Easily
Accessible Technology to Make an Impact on Music Students
This session will take a look at technology that can be easily used and applied to
the music classroom. We will look at ways to use a projector, free online music
tools, and media to improve engagement and communication. This session
would be appropriate for all technology user levels.
Presenter: Jeff Thornton, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
Location: Salon 2

Why Video Conferencing? Global Solutions to Local Issues

Friday, October 15
Concurrent Sessions IV

2:00 – 2:45 PM

Digital Storytelling Across the Curriculum
Learn how to use a variety of cutting-edge Web applications to create digital stories
that help students showcase their learning! This session will share tools to fit a wide
variety of subject areas and grade levels.
Presenter: Sue Keene, MSD of Decatur Township
Location: Salon 2

In the past when needs arose, school districts had two options for solutions: Look
close to home or outlay additional dollars to import those who could provide for
their needs. Enter video conferencing. Come discover solutions which can be
accessed from anywhere in the world while saving time, and money!
Presenter: Dawn Colavita, Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration
(CILC)
Location: Salon 3

This session focuses on placing tests, quizzes, worksheets and other material
onto iPods in text format, slideshow format, audio format and video format. This
will be done using almost entirely free software, which will be included on a CD
for participants to take back to their schools and offices.
Presenter: Tina Jones, PATINS Project
Location: Salon 3

Learning Connection Overview

Learn how using Windows Movie Maker, Microsoft Word, and a Flip Video
Camera can help students to demonstrate their comprehension of difficult core
curriculum concepts...even Shakespeare!
Presenter: Mark Snodgrass, Center Grove School Corporation
Location: Salon 6

The Learning Connection was developed by the Indiana Department of
Education as part of a federal grant for developing statewide data systems. The
Learning Connection will play a prominent role in supporting the implementation
of IDOE’s strategic initiatives. By providing data, resources, and tools for school
improvement, this session will provide an overview of the functionality that is
available to teachers.
Presenter: James Rodman, Indiana Department of Education
Location: Salon 6

Organizing a Site Based Promethean Support Team
This session will help organize a team of teachers that will help support the
classroom teacher to utilize, create, and trouble shoot the Promethean Board.
Presenter: Kim Fillingim, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
Location: Salon 7

Education: There's An App For That! (repeat)
Apple iPods are quickly becoming a standard in the world of education. This
session will explore uses for the apps that are standard on the iPod as well as
free and cheap apps that are available for use in the classroom. All of the apps
and ideas shared have been tested by elementary students and their teachers
and are ready for you to use in your own school and classroom.
Presenter: Helen Hunter-Blum, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
Location: Salon 8

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Movie Maker Magic…Shakespeare and beyond!

Which Comes First? Curriculum or Discipline?
Imagine a classroom where you could spend more time doing what you love teaching. Eliminate the repeated warnings and requests without using trendy
gimmicks. The techniques provided will increase the time you spend on
academics while empowering your students to take responsibility for their actions
and achieve success.
Presenter: Roger Miller, Center for Teacher Effectiveness
Location: Salon 7

Building Playgrounds in Secondary Schools
When we’re young, learning comes naturally. The limits of our creativity and
discovery are our own imaginations and the perimeters of our playgrounds. So
why should learning be different as we grow older. If we want our students to be
passionate about their learning, we need to create content playgrounds in which
they can explore, imagine and create their own experiences and learning. In this
session, learn more about how to create these experiences in your classroom.
Presenter: Tim Wilhelmus, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
Location: Salon 8